Nice little streak he's on, isn't it? Keeping the defense extended so Roy/Bayless/Miller can have more room to get in the paint.
I guess I'd rather have a 6'8" guy at small forward doing this, but good for him ... he's increasing his trade value.
Yup, and you can count Martell and Rudy in that same category. This team is dying for a consistent three point threat -- the streakiness that we frequently get from behind the arc has really made it tough for a this team to get into a rhythm.
I don't know if stats would show it anywhere, but Blake appears to me to play a lot better when there are two other people on the floor who are threats to drive, instead of just one. He appears more effective alongside Miller and Roy, Miller and Bayless, or Bayless and Roy. Although, 4th quarter last night, I don't think it mattered. He was just on.
Amazing what a guy can do when used in the right role. The team is better with Miller starting and Blake playing a more limited role. Who would have thought?
oh god really? ok how about 1-7 or 2-10 sheesh. stat man strikes again. edit: nik had you in his cross-hairs already and sniped you.
I'm not sure how it makes me "stat man" to point out a glaring inaccuracy in your criticism of BLANKY. I suppose your ignorance is my fault?
sure is, now apologize. a "glaring" inaccuracy huh? that i said 0-6 instead of 1-7? you need to look up glaring in the ol' dictionary. this didnt need to become yet another thread defined by you starting an argument over a pointless piece of information, but you felt threatened i guess. btw, the 6 games before that??? 5-23 from three.
to reply again to the original post, 11-18 is nice, REAL nice, and 5-23 is bad, REAL bad. somewhere in between would suit my mighty fine though.
i didnt realize he brought his average up to almost 40% again though, if he can keep that up, we will be looking good, and he will be a nice contributer again. i only hate blake when he is playing bad. when he makes shots, hes a good boy.
The key is McMillan needs to keep using him right. Blake is clearly a better player when coming off the bench in a more limited role. He's given Blake less minutes and less ball-handling responsibilities and it's been working out. A little unfortunate it took him longer than everybody to figure it out, but at least he knows now.
Well, Blake was sucking badly when he was a starter so it's nice to see him bounce back ever since he was sent to the bench. I don't know if it was just a mental thing or what, or now that he's a reserve -- there's no one to look over his shoulder like Andre and Jerryd -- but it's good to see last year's Blakey back for the last few games.
